A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[DinoDoc]

[Dinner]

4/12 @ 9pm is the start of season 5.

[-Jrabbit]

My level of give-a-damn for this series has worn dangerously thin.

[Dinner]

Ok, I have now read it.

[DinoDoc]

It's not that long, Oerdin

That's what she said?

[Dinner]

It's not that long, Oerdin

It has more to do with time available for reading. It is a work day.

[Imran Siddiqui]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/03/george-rr-martin-winds-date

George determined to finished Winds by 2016. But this is the big bombshell I think (though I think we knew it'd be like two different stories when the show met and overtook the books):

In one intriguing new wrinkle, Martin says he just came up with a big, revealing twist on a long-time character that he never previously considered. “This is going to drive your readers crazy,” he teases, “but I love it. I’m still weighing whether to go that direction or not. It’s a great twist. It’s easy to do things that are shocking or unexpected, but they have to grow out of characters. They have to grow out of situations. Otherwise, it’s just being shocking for being shocking. But this is something that seems very organic and natural, and I could see how it would happen. And with the various three, four characters involved… it all makes sense. But it’s nothing I’ve ever thought of before. And it’s nothing they can do in the show, because the show has already—on this particular character—made a couple decisions that will preclude it, where in my case I have not made those decisions.”

[regexcellent]

It's really good. It was originally a Dance chapter, so don't worry about it.

[Lorizael]

Intentionally not reading it. I don't like to read things that are potentially out of order/incomplete.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's not that long, Oerdin

[Dinner]

I am about a third of the way through the new chapter. So far it is good stuff.

[Nikolai]

New chapter from Winds of Winter released: http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerp...nds-of-winter/

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well there are also (who die in the books)

Spoiler:

Kevan Lannister and Grand Maester Pycelle, but maybe they are holding that for Season 6

[regexcellent]

Actually come to think of it,

Spoiler:

Balon Greyjoy might survive the season for Ironborn showing up in season 6

And similarly Theon could die this season.

[Dinner]

Some of the story lines are already up to where they are 8n the books so it will be interesting to see what happens from now on. Will they just pause those story lines and catch up with the other story lines which aren't yet caught up to the books or will they charge ahead with new material? It will be interesting either way.